The cabinet will reach the opinion on the convergence report, which will be clear in June or July. Regardless of what it is - for our admission to the eurozone or not from January 1, 2026 - this will be an occasion to overthrow this government and go to new elections.
Borisov wants to be prime minister and he will be prime minister, predicted former finance minister Simeon Dyankov in the BNT studio, quoted by news.bg.
Simeon Dyankov himself asked GERB to nominate him for the Fiscal Council. Regarding the accusations against him for his participation in the Russian VTB, Dyankov explained that he was on the board of VTB for only 4 months, as a representative of an American bank with a 20% stake, but left after the annexation of Crimea.
Temenuzhka Petkova is doing well as Finance Minister, Simeon Dyankov assessed, although there are things in the budget that he does not understand. However, he understands that the budget is an attempt to enter the eurozone. He is skeptical, however, that Brussels will believe us, but he admits that the defense money, which will be considered below the line by the EC, could get us into the eurozone, which would be a happy development, since the real deficit is between 5-6%.
This is not a corruption budget, he was categorical, but he agrees with the PP-DB that "it is not clear what some 7 billion leva will be spent on".
Despite everything, he believes that we will not enter the Eurozone from January 1, 2026 - we are on the verge of the inflation criterion, and we will not meet the VAT collection rate. He also criticizes the work of the BDB.
In his opinion, some of Vazrajdane's proposals for the budget are meaningful. According to him, Vazrajdane's move with the budget could bring political weight to the government. Simeon Dyankov sees sense in Delyan Peevski's proposal for a state-owned store in post offices in small settlements. This also exists in the United States in the Wild West and Utah, he emphasized.